Key: F major
Verse 1
it's time for a little learning time.
Here's a guy by the name of
Johnny Mercer,
who gave us a little bit of philosophy
that I'd like to teach you.
You've gotta accentuate the positive
and eliminate the negative
E
B
G#m
G#
B
and latch on!
Yes!
You've got to accentuate the positive
E
F#
G
B
and eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative,
C#m
F#
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
B
F#
B
F#
B
You've got to spread joy
G
G#m
G#
up to the maximum
C#m
E
G
and bring gloom down to the minimum
F#
B
F#
Have faith or pandemonium
C#m
F#
B
is liable to walk upon the scene
F#
B
To illustrate my last remark,
E
B
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
G#
C#
F#
B
G
just when everything looked so dark?
C#
G
B
Man, they said we better
accentuate the positive
G#
C#m
E
G
C#
an d eliminate the negative
F#
B
And latch on to the affirmative,
C#m
F#
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
G#
C#m
F#
B
F#
B
G#
F#
B
No, don't mess with Mr. In -Between
G
B
C#m
F#
B
D#m
F#
B
F#
E
G
F#
B
G
C#
B
B
G#
F#
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
G#
C#
F#
B
G
just when everything looked so dark?
C#
B
Man, they said we'd better
E
G
accentuate the positive
F#
B
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
C#m
F#
Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
G#
B
F#
No, don't mess with Mr. In
Outro 1
between
B
E
G#dim
G
G#m
D#
B
B
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